Infrastructure

The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region has issued a reminder that unauthorized drone operations are restricted around California’s Folsom and Shasta dams. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced an expanded list of restricted drone operations sites last September which included the two California dams. The FAA’s order was put in …

More than $10.5 million was recently awarded to the Marina Coast Water District (MCWD) from the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (Proposition 1). The low-interest loan and grant will be used for a recycled water transmission and distribution system …

More than 100 people gathered at the Redlands site of the East Branch Extension (EBX) of the State Water Project’s (SWP) Aqueduct yesterday to celebrate the project’s completion and the foresight of the region’s forefathers. Doug Headrick, general manager of the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD), said prior …

Four California water projects have been awarded a total of $173.5 million in low-interest loans from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure improvements. The EPA awarded the State Water Resources Control Board the funds to capitalize its clean water and drinking water State Revolving …

After receiving 78 grant applications for assistance with groundwater sustainability projects that directly benefit severely disadvantaged communities and for local agency development of Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs), the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced $85.8 million in grants throughout the state. The grants are funded by Proposition 1 — …

California’s Proposition 1 Water Bond funding program, passed by voters in November 2014, has granted up to $2 million to Soquel Creek Water District (SCWD) to help fund planning efforts for SCWD’s proposed Pure Water Soquel Project, including technical and environmental evaluations. The district’s Pure Water Soquel Project would help …